This study assesses a new mechanism – the deposit channel – in the transmission of interest rate shock to household consumption using an administrative panel dataset of financial transactions for Turkey. Our empirical strategy exploits variation in consumer's adherence to the Muslim laws...

Customer referencing refers to the phenomenon of a firm intentionally revealing its customers so that the firm can obtain certification of the quality of its products. In this paper, we examine the association between customer referencing and firms’ future product market performance. We find...